Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

....depends on the definition of "poor". It seems like a very beautiful parish and "rich" in the things that are truly important!

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Really! What jurisdiction are you? I haven't ever seen an Orthodox Bishop dress akin to a Roman Catholic, much less beardless. This is interesting.

Carpatho-Russian, which is a misnomer because the founders were Rusyns. The diocese was Greek Catholic until the 30's. Here is a parish of the diocese with a nice picture of the sanctuary http://www.saintmichaels.info/

augustin717, again an interesting picture! What is the Romanian word for what I would call the khorugv/banner with the picture of the Theotokos. I have not seen another of that style.

QuoteI haven't ever seen an Orthodox Bishop dress akin to a Roman Catholic, much less beardless. This is interesting.It happened often enough among the Greek-Catholics and Orthodox of the Habsburg/Dualist monarchy.I'll look for some pictures.

(a bit old, but a great view)(a truly blessed moment, just after my godmother's baptism)sorry for the vanity, but this is of me receiving absolution. it was as moment I'll never forget, and it also has a great wider view of our beautiful temple.

I also want to point out that our parish was received from Byzantine Catholicism into Orthodoxy by my patron Saint, Tikhon of Moscow.

"I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him will I proclaim my grief; for with evils my soul is filled, and my life unto hades hath drawn nigh, and like Jonah I will pray: From corruption raise me up, O God." -Ode VI, Irmos of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos

omg, I remember that temple! I remember passing it years ago (long before I became a catechumen) when I would get off 980 to go to my office in Oakland. I knew it was one of "those" Orthodox churches because of the Greek lettering above the columns. I always wanted to stop and peer inside, but, alas, I never did. It was very impressive.

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